Erin Yarwood is a journalism senior and opinion columnist for Mustang News. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang Media Group. Graduation weekend marks the end of an era. It’s the celebration you’ve been waiting for, or the one you’ve been dreading. Either way, it’s a big deal and […]
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Forestry senior wants to save SLO County’s oak trees
About fifty million trees are estimated to have been killed by Sudden Oak Death on the West Coast alone. That number is rising every day.
Night hiking now allowed on Madonna
Find out when, where and how you can hike at night in San Luis Obispo without being fined.
Tuition and fees increased by 716% in 50 years
The days of tuition-free education at Cal Poly are long gone. According to the first course catalog published by the then California Polytechnic School in 1903, the school charged students $35 for books, supplies and a laboratory fee, or $921.13 adjusted for inflation. The first fee outside of books, supplies, laboratory, room and board and […]
Going the distance: Cal Poly alumna hikes John Muir Trail in search of passion and presence
“I was kind of anxious, camping alone. And it was kind of terrifying, but that wore off.”
ECOSLO to hold workday at Bishop Peak
ECOSLO also puts on a number of docent and ranger-lead hikes throughout San Luis Obispo County.
Let’s take this outside: the ins and outs of public sex
When I think of consensual sex in public, I imagine young people doing it in their parents’ Volvos, and people banging in the wilderness.

